Hoe



Sept. 15, 1931Q E. vv. cRG

HOE

Filed May 4. 1929 Paened sept. 15,V 1931 UNITE ELIAS W. CRAIG, 0F WELLSVILLE, KANSAS Hor.

Application filed May 4,

f My invention relates to improvements in hoes. V f

One of the objects of my invention is to provide a novel hoe which is particularly well adapted for weed and brush cutting as well as for cultivating the ground.

A further object of my invention the provision of a novel means for attaching the handle to the blade by which the handle v can be adjusted to different positions with respect to the blade, for the adaptation of the hoe to different uses.

A further object of my invention is the provision of a novel hoe blade which is approximately triangular in form and the three edges ofwhich are cutting edges and adapted for different uses.

Still another object of my invention is to provide a novel hoe of the kind described,

' which is simple in structure, cheap to make, strong and durable and not likely to get out hoe to the ground, when the handle is disposed as shown.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts in the different views.

ll designates an approximately triangular flat thin hoe blade having its lthree edges cutting edges, the edge 2 being concavelv arcuate, and the edges 3 and 4 having their *f portions,which are adjacent to their meet- 1929. serial No. 360,516.

ing point, straight and at an angle to Veach other, as designated by 5, the remaining` portions of said edges being convexly arcuate, Fig. 1.

6 designates the hoe handle, which has twoparallel arms 7 disposed respectively at opposite sit es of a plate 8, which is perpendicular to the blade l, and which has two arms 9 and 10 projecting laterally from one side of the body of the plate and a third arm ll extending laterally at the other side of the plate 8, said arms 9, 10 and 11 being fastened by rivets to the upper side of the blade 1.

The plate 8 is provided with a plnrality of transverse holes 12 arranged in an arouate row and being each adapted to receive therethrough .a fastening` device, such as a bolt 13 which is removably mounted in a hole extending through the arms 7 of the handle. The bolt 13 has mounted on it a thumb nu.*J 14, which is adapted to bear against the arm 7 adjacentthereto.

A. pivot member'eomprising a bolt 15 extends through the arms 7 adjacent to their outer ends, and through a hole through the plate 8 at the point of intcrse tion of the radii which respectively extend through the holes 12. yThe bolt 15 hason it a nut 16 which bears against the adjacent arm 7 of the handle. i

W'hen 'it is desired to use the hoe for cutting weeds or brush, or for ordinary hoeing, the bolt 18 and handle G are adjusted on the plate S, by s vinging the handle on the bolt 15, 'to the position shown in solid lines in Figs. l and 2.

The plate 8 and the handle 6 are disposed in a plane perpendicular to the blade l and which interseets the meeting point of the portions 5 with each other, andwvhiel; v;lane intersecos the cutting edge 2 of the blade at a point farther from 'one end of the edge 2 than the other end thereof. The said farther end is also farther from a trans- Verse plane, intersectingl the first named plane at right angles and disposed at the intersection of said first named plane with said edge 2, than the other end of said edge 2. By means' of this construction, the part of the cutting edge 2 at the right of the handle 6, asvieyved in Fig. l, is not as long as the portion of said edge at the left of the handle, so that the right side should be used When cutting thick weeds or'brush, as aV greater leverage is afforded. The .other side of the blade may be used for deeper cutting or cutting Vlight weeds.

' Due to the concave arcuate edge, disposed T as described, weeds and brush lWill be cut easily With a drawingand sliding stroke,

after the mannerof cutting With a curved sickle or scythe, When the handle is disbetween plants Which are close together7 the handle inay be' adjusted to the position shown in Fig. 3 and in dotted lines in Fig. 2. The straight portions 5 of the edges 3 and 4 are then used for the hoeing operation.

The hoe may also be used so as to cut weeds above or below the ground by disposing the blade 1 horizontally and pushing and pulling the handle so as to reciprocate the blade.

I do not limit my invention to the structure shown and described, as modifications, Within the scope of the appended claims, may be `made Without departing from the spirit of my invention.

VVhat I claim. is i 1. A hoe .having an approximately triangular bladehaving its three edges cutting edges, one edge being concavely arcuate,the

two other edges having straight forwardv portions meeting at their outer ends to form f a point and rearward portions convexly arcuate. a-handle,and means fastening saidV handle to said blade with the'handle disposed in a plane perpendicular to the blade and intersecting said said concavelv arcuateledge.

2. A hoe having an approximately triangular blade having its three edges cutting edges, one edge being concavelvarcuate, the

two other edges having straight Vportions meeting and forming a projecting point opposite to said concavely arcuate edge, a handle, and means fastening said handle to said blade With the handle disposed in a plane perpendicular to the blade and intersecting said point of meetingfland said concavely arci uate edge, said'plane of said handle interf secting saidjconcavely arcuate edge of said point of meeting andV ELIAS W. CRAIG.

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